Titanic - Stephen Goss
Wed 07 May
|Colston Hall, GXCA
A talk delving into the Titanic disaster, the conception, construction & fate of the iconic ship and her sisters, and the turbulent political and industrial backdrop of pre-World War I Belfast.
Time & Location
07 May 2025, 10:00 – 12:00
Colston Hall, GXCA, 8 East Common, Gerrards Cross SL9 7AD, UK
About the Event
When news broke that RMS Titanic – the supposedly unsinkable ship – had sunk with the loss of 1,500 lives there was shock across the world.
This talk provides an insight into Britain and the international situation in the ‘Belle Époque’ before the First World War. It tells the story of the conception, construction, and fate of Titanic and her two sister ships.
Developed and built in Belfast, learn about the fraught and violent political situation in what was then one of the most important industrial cities in the world.